In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
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Damien O'Donnell
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Title: East Is East (1999)
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Cast
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| Om Puri | ... | George Khan | |
| Linda Bassett | ... | Ella Khan | |
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Jordan Routledge | ... | Sajid Khan |
| Archie Panjabi | ... | Meenah Khan | |
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Emil Marwa | ... | Maneer Khan |
| Chris Bisson | ... | Saleem Khan | |
| Jimi Mistry | ... | Tariq Khan | |
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Raji James | ... | Abdul Khan |
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Ian Aspinall | ... | Nazir Khan |
| Lesley Nicol | ... | Auntie Annie | |
| Emma Rydal | ... | Stella Moorhouse | |
| Ruth Jones | ... | Peggy | |
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Ben Keaton | ... | Priest |
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Kriss Dosanjh | ... | Poppa Khalid |
| John Bardon | ... | Mr. Moorhouse | |
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In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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(1966)
Written by Graham Nash (as Nash), Allan Clarke (as Clarke) and Tony Hicks (as Hicks)
Arranged and Conducted by John Scott
Published by Dick James Music Ltd.
Performed by The Hollies
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
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The costumes George's children wear are deliberately outdated to signify that they are hand-me-downs passed down between them all. See more »Goofs
Meenah's sari (in the second to last scene) is not being consistently worn: it switches from showing most of her stomach, to none of her stomach. See more »Crazy Credits
Special thanks to ... and all the residents of Openshaw. See more »Soundtracks
On a Carousel(1966)
Written by Graham Nash (as Nash), Allan Clarke (as Clarke) and Tony Hicks (as Hicks)
Arranged and Conducted by John Scott
Published by Dick James Music Ltd.
Performed by The Hollies
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
2 June 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
GBP1,900,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$53,569, 16 April 2000Gross USA:
$4,177,818Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,177,818Company Credits
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A bitter-sweet comedy with some moments of truly stark drama, this is a high-class movie. Yes, there are randy dogs and fat, ugly girls - but the piece is a class act because it mixes those "laugh-out-loud funny" comic set pieces with great drama so cleverly.
Very much a period piece, the movie is set in Salford in 1971 - a telling time for a part-Pakistani family with Enoch Powell's shadow never too far away and the break-away of East Pakistan (Bangladesh-to-be)unravelling as the film goes on. The poverty of 1971 Salford with the outside toilet, bedpans and tin bath is excellently portrayed. And at a more mundane level, the constant sight of a bright orange space-hopper and its comedic demise is truly nostalgic, especially to this reviewer whose own space-hopper suffered a similar fate around 1971.
Superb acting performances all round - Linda Bassett used to be one of the better-kept secrets on the UK stage, but now I suppose the secret is out. Highly recommended movie.